“No other feeling compares to the one I receive when at the gym. I feel at peace,” Arambula said. “Working out gives me purpose. Every time I go, the goal is to work harder than I did the last time.”

Arambula goes to the gym to organize her thoughts and take care of her health.

The way in which she trains helps improve her playing when it comes to volleyball, powerlifting, and soccer.

Seeing the gain of every outcome and not the pain inspires Arambula to keep working hard at everything she does.

“Seeing the results always feels great. It makes you feel better about yourself,” Arambula said. “It’s not easy whatsoever, but once you begin to use it as a way to relieve stress and time to think, it becomes a form of therapy.”

Arambula’s ambition to better herself has inspired others to do the same.

Senior Riley White, a friend who exercises with Arambula often, is one of the many that Arambula has inspired.

“Mariana always pushes me to do more and more at the gym,” White said. “Even when I want to give up and quit, she never lets me. She is such a genuine person and is always putting others before herself.”

The dedication Arambula has to working toward her goals all strive from her ambition for improvement.

“Her ambition surprises me every single day,” Brenda Arambula, Mariana’s sister, said. “She is the most hard-working person I know. She is so strong.”

Although a majority of Mariana’s time is spent at the gym, she also loves traveling and spending time in nature.

Whenever she goes on an adventure, she constantly takes pictures of her surroundings.

“The world we live in is so complex, you can never see enough of it,” Mariana said. “I plan to see more of it as I grow older. I love meeting new people and seeing new places.”

In fact, Mariana has already met people outside of the country.

After being born in the United States, Mariana moved to Durango, Mexico, with her family, living there nine years before moving back to America.

Mariana’s appreciative spirit has radiated and drawn many friends toward her throughout her seven years in America.

Senior Demia Johnson said that Mariana is one of the best friends that anybody could ever ask for and that she makes everything better.

IMAGE / Courtesy of Mariana ArambulaSeniors Halle Parish (l to r), Mariana Arambula, and Demia Johnson take a trip to downtown Flint for pictures before the 2018 homecoming dance.

When with friends, Mariana enjoys school dances, dinner dates, car rides, and going out to do the simple things, like taking walks and having deep conversations.

When Mariana sees her future in America, she sees her friends by her side, a career as a gynecologist, and a beautiful family and home.

But instead of only dreaming of her dreams like many, she chases them and works for them daily.

Similar to the way it’d be foolish to belittle what she is capable of, it’d be foolish to not to follow her footsteps.

Birthday: March 25, 2001
Hobbies/Interest: Writing, reading, and painting.
Favorite Quote: "Those people who tried to bury you didn't know you were a seed." - Dinos Christianopoulos
Favorite Book: "Milk and Honey" by R.H. Sin and " Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
Plans After High School: To study and pursue neuroscience to become a future neurosurgeon.

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